Ngāti Kuia

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Iwi of New Zealand
Ngāti Kuia
Rohe (location)	Nelson
Waka (canoe)	Te Hoiere

Ngāti Kuia is a Māori iwi of of the Northern South Island in New Zealand. They first settled in the Pelorus Sound, and later spread to the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson and Tasman districts to Taitapu on the West Coast, and as far south as the Nelson Lakes National Park. Ngāti Kuia tradition states that their founding tupuna Matua Hautere, a descendant of Kupe, came to Te Waipounamu in his waka Te Hoiere, guided by the kaitiaki (tribal guardian) Kaikaiawaro ^[1].

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North Island	Muaupoko • Ngā Rauru (a.k.a Ngāti Rauru, Nga Rauru) • Ngāriki Kaiputahi (a.k.a Ngā Ariki) • Ngā Ruahine • Ngā Ruanui • Ngāi Tai (a.k.a. Ngāti Tai, Ngāi Tai, Ngā Tai) • Ngāi Takoto • Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (a.k.a. Ngāti Tāmanuhiri) • Ngāi Te Rangi • Ngāi Tūhoe • Ngā Puhi (a.k.a. Ngāpuhi) • Ngāpuhi ki Whaingaroa •Ngā Ruanui • Ngāti Ākarana • Ngāti Awa • Ngāti Hako • Ngāti Hau • Ngāti Haua • Ngāti Hauiti • Ngāti Hei • Ngāti Huia • Ngāti Kahu • Ngāti Kahungunu • Ngāti Kurī • Ngāti Mahuta • Ngāti Manawa • Ngāti Maniapoto• Ngāti Maru • Ngāti Mutunga • Ngāti Paoa • Ngāti Pikiao † • Ngāti Poneke • Ngāti Porou • Ngāti Pūkenga • Ngāti Pūkenga ki Waiau • Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu • Ngāti Ranginui † • Ngāti Rangiteaorere † • Ngāti Rangitihi † • Ngāti Rangiwewehi • Ngāti Raukawa • Ngāti Ruanui • Ngāti Ruapani • Ngāti Tahu † • Ngāti Tama‡ • Ngāti Tamaterā • Ngāti Tara Tokanui • Ngāti Te Ata • Ngāti Toa/Ngāti Toarangatira • Ngāti Tutekohe • Ngāti Tūwharetoa• Ngāti Wai • Ngāti Whakaue • Ngāti Whānaunga • Ngāti Whare • Ngāti Whātua • Pakakohi • Patukirikiri • Poutini • Rongowhakaata • Ngāti Rongomaiwahine • Tangahoe • Tapuika • Taranaki • Tarawhai † • Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti • Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki • Te Arawa • Te Āti Haunui-a-Paparangi • Te Āti Awa‡ (a.k.a. Āti Awa) • Te Aupōuri • Te Kawerau • Te Rarawa • Te Roroa • Te Uri-o-Hau • Te Whakatōhea • Te Whānau-ā-Apanui • Tuhourangi † • Uenuku-Kopako † • Tainui (a.k.a. Waikato (iwi))

South Island	Ngāi Tahu (a.k.a. Kāi Tahu) • Kāti Mamoe (a.k.a. Ngāti Mamoe) • Waitaha • Ngāti Apa • Ngāti Koata • Ngāti Kuia • Ngāti Rarua • Ngāti Tama‡ • Te Āti Awa‡ • Rangitāne

Chatham Islands	Moriori (Moriori are usually considered a distinct people from the Maori)

‡ Tribes that are located in both the North and South Island † Te Arawa